" WILl’. COME,
lN'fO LlAlEllGlllllonlAt
.0 Championship International Tourna
out WillStart on that Date—Hoppe Dev. ..
‘i : Title Against Same Field He De-
! 0
"tested Last Year
a. It has been sounded in boxing, tennis. golf. racing,
wielding and various other amateur Pastimes “ml l‘mfcs‘
.‘pursuits.
Monday night in the grand
In of the Hotel Pennsylvania
begin in the annual tourna-
.w 7 hr the_18.3 balkline champion-
7 ihlch title \Viilie Iiopps re-
'v‘last year. The same rivals
inlet defeat a his cue then will
V against im next week.
- "Illeld numbers six. embracing
‘Americans and three Europe-
All of the foreigners are chum
, qt their respective country. Ed—
:I‘Horemans. the Belgian title-
, will try his luck again. So
Huger Contt. the youthful Cl-
7 who claims the championship of
‘7 ce. Erich Hagenlacher. cham-
‘ of Germany. is the third alien
the lists.
in addition to Hoppe the glory of
Glory in billiards will be (it’fl'llii-
by young Jake. Cchncfcr. a worthy
'- of 3 once great player and c:-
mpion himself. and Welkcr Curl-l-
fl. who might bc ternlmi another
litornla. Meteor because of
he- of brilliant play.
1721. tournament will he a round
bin affair. The Schedule for the:
hint games will he ii'.‘t‘iii-.’Li today
‘ . ~ the referee will be at'let'it-d. Ac-
in: to precedent Hoppe will be
cEv MANAGER
WRITES AGAIN
a n a g e r Maiorano
Claims City Cham-
pionship/and Says he
Will Get Clip—Con-
siders the Incident
Closed to Discussion
"ll r!
'portlnl Editor—SA mint-l.
AI manager of the Knights of
. olumbus bztscbull li‘ulll. I claim tho
‘hlmplonfiiiip of the City Lingui-
lthoui‘. any rcscrvutloll or: the
. rounds that the Knights L'V ml with
it. illegal protested gillllt; thrown
- i. still has a Illill‘glli of lii))!ll ten
oints to its credit tor first place.
‘ Mr. Hoyt. ol‘ the Lockwoods ill tho
meeting of the oih-‘r night stated
at his team was in thc mid “"1 the
. sue standing pullilsili'd .n tlic
’7‘- our and Sentinel oi lust night boil.
”urea and show that the lx’ntg'lls or
olumbus still lead with thi- «l‘spul-
game thrown oul. 'l‘hc stun-lingo
published by both pupcvs .‘iglf'f'
ad therefore must he lit'L‘lll‘ttIc and
' not be questioned.
In the rules gowrnint: the Cit)
- ’. 0 under the date or April ii.
I». of the clausl-s stains: l‘litscrs
via: one team cannot be l'.l"‘il
“led by any of tho tlillv.‘ l'illllS
and after July 4. 19:3 unlrss m:
l’ltten consent of his forlllcr “will“-
1'. No players but svmi prob-"slou-
can play in this haguc.
‘ Now I have tlrowll to the lord]
per! that, Tickcy of the Sprint:-
ood and Stanley of the Lockwood:
0 members of orrmnized has hall.
pauldings Offical Guide 1932 ’rurs
-ilt my contention that they were
playing professional ball, as the
‘v' stern Shore League. Sn'islmrv
' b-. of “hit'h 'l‘ickvy and Filliii‘f.
to members is a. part of the
cue. Therefore my dear public,
A u can see for yourself who were
«to first two teams to violate one of
most. important rules of the con—
. ct or gcntlemen's agreement as it
called by one of the managers.
"" In spite of Mr. Hoyt and Mr. llcl-
that. always vote the same way
» I meeting. want to give our good
and public at large the impres—
. that the league of which Stan-
and' Tickey were members was
by an industrial league inn-ll hut
ulding's guide lists it otlr-lwisc.
gylt seems rather queer that when
ngwoods and Lockwoods were
first to violate the important
a of contract by using Tickcy.
,. Joy and Lynch everything was
' ectly lovely. At that time the
“this of Columbus Were ‘I. last.
‘ The Springwoods and Look-
; ... were batting for first, place
seemingly had forgotten that
”Koontrnct of April over-“f is «led
‘ managers crazed with the idea
puking first place went one and
' ~ league players. or course
Ida't protest- «:11? “Mud
‘oy- both line losses mm
yaks-y can it": seam-men‘s
.c, ' '
a. lefferent tune
,Ml Whirl the
go‘etimb tow.-l:l the
M3 the “(til-vil-
' " , . ”a I.f)\‘i\t'~~"li:F
I asked eb'u r."
lie. Hoyt m [tn-Al
gtop‘old ho: " ‘lhts '
.1.th he was our
anil Bellus' ;;-~--onri-
likdwisc is .in'aa.
_ suits guilty at vio-
‘ t' or otherwise they
4 ed the forfu't much
that litter the "tilt-r
. meeting was Vizne.
a! .that tun-ting
‘31; that L)‘.C“l was
1,, A lilo; to how him
' "venous o! the first
at thorn that soar;
~ \Vhfire does
his ‘
.Eond place rating. hmxurr. was de~
Now it is about to be heard ill billiards.
given the honor of opening tl‘e tourn
'ament.
Among the billsrd sharps Schnfer
is generally expected is give iloppe
his close“ rim. allhuutth stcrn oppo-
sition is also pmmiscd trout any or
all of the other candidates. Scnaercr
is bent upon duplicating his start-
llng feat of two ycnn: ago. “llrn lic
toppled oppe of? the championship
throne for the tire: time in more than
a decade.
It happened in the Chicago scrics
;. Aches. lie defeated lloppe and the
iothcrs in the field in tllc chmnpion-
iship tournament and turn in the
ispcciai challenge match proved the
.victory well dos-crud.
Last year anpc came through
with a clean slam cf \lctcries and
grit-posed Schacfcr. The inner finish-
ged tied for scccnd p'acc in KiilllCS
jlton with Cont: and “clematis. Each
\\ on three maiclzrs and 20:: two. Ses~
"terminal by the surname and i: went
ill.) Schucicr “'lii‘l 30:4. as against
'Conti's 300$ and liarrtuatis‘ 2S 0.
In the chullergr match licppc ’-
fcatcd Schaefcr spam.
.C
d
imanagcrs—«u 125 out r [Wt ple's
§mone_\'. First the} sure guru; $100
:ti\\'.l)‘ and now liit')‘ are sum: 3'ch
imy cup away bu: l .‘tar the cup will
ll», gh'cn aflai‘ touch :1: tame n l-nner
As: was the 31"" ‘ihc l<nigrts of
iColumbu have won the City champ-
i-tonship fairly and squarely bc~"nd a
,t‘tusotlahly doubt.
| I expect to have the cup Within a
ivory short time. I am also planning
a. celebration in honor of the Knights
of Columbus and Iioyt to be among
Ithose present so they will not be
'iit'x‘trin'd of having one long last
glook and keep their peace l0~ever
'lllOl‘i‘.
1 Once again I thank the fits for
jiitcir loyal support. their helpful
jsupgi-stions. their patromigc aft-1 loy-
‘nlly to my Mom by their unshakahle
confidence in my team ad myself
when we were holding down the col-
l:lr position.
Furthermore I consider the inci-
fvlt-nt (‘iOSt‘ii either through the .10.“‘S-
.‘pnpcrs or by \t'l‘ilai discussion. I
feel as the public will f--ci after they
have concluded reading this Tcttcr
'Yilal 1 am entitled to the champion-
fship and my efforts in obtaining the
championship should not count for
naught.
Thanking iili‘ newspapers far the
spncv they have accorded me. T am.
Mnnngm- Ji‘st'ph Maiornrto.
Knights of f‘oltllnlllls lillsclltlll 'lczim.
(‘lmmplon city Ltngltc Scltson r‘f
lll‘.‘.'l. ‘
I
l
*‘ASliFtlll NEW .
. nun LIMIT
L03 ANGICLHS, (lct.. 27.-A
$10.00!) draft limit is proposed :18 n
'I-ntnpl‘mnisc measure for considertb
tlun of the Pacific Coast Baseball
League at the annual meeting at
Avalon. L‘utlilintt island, Nov. 13.
\Villium Neal. vice-president of the
Louisville Baseball club, prepared
the plan which Oscar ltcichow. bust-
ncss manager of the Los Angeles
Bast-hull club. announced he would
submit to the coast tllagllatcs.
N
l
|
clubs. t'lllhrncillg the Coast League.
the American Association and the
International League. The majors
would be asked to drop right to
draft from Class C and I) circuit.
Class AA-clubs would be permitted
to draft one player from Class A.
three from L' and any number from
C and D.
The Neal plan. Reichowi says. will
at least pave the way for discussion
of a plan that may reopen draft ne-
gotiations with the majors.
—.__...._._.______
In France a prize of about $5,000
is‘awaiting the builder of the first
helicopter to rise ' vertically from
the ground to a height of 80 feet
and descend safely.
.t‘
”-2-
uhhflll
‘4‘“
".rv
~
The $10,000 limit is for Class AA .
THEM DAYS
“min or j
Mountaineers Will
Face Penn StatelTo-
day —» Have Made
Rapid Strides in
Football Circles :—
Coach Spears R e -
ceives Credit
NEW YORK. Oct.. 27.——\Vcst Vir-
ginia University. wnero the Moun-
ts users who are meet Penn State
Co legs at the Yankee Stadium to-
day hail from. has made a great
success of football from the stand-
point of games won and lost.
The fall sport was lnauguaratcd at
the Morgantmvn. \V. \‘a.. institution
back in 1891. and in the thirty-one
years that have followed. Mountain-
ger clcvcns have won 139. tied 15.
and lost 80 games.
West Virginians who attended the
first game never will forget. how the
hi; “‘nslilngton and Jefferson Col—
lpgt‘ eleven swamped the Mountain-
eers. Tl to 0. it was the first. last
and only game played that. season.
The Presidents had had a team for
:scvcrai years and easily outclassed
the awkward and untrained Monti-
iaineers. ,
Since that time. however. “'est
Virginia eleven: have managed to
give a good account of themselves
ill practically every game. and in
recent years the teams have shown
a continued improvement. Thu visit
to New York for the Penn State
game. will be \Vcst Virginia's iirst
slit :ng there.
During the last decade the Moun-
taineers made rapid strides towards
the top of the mythical football lad-
der. but it was not until Dr. C. \V.
Spears. former all-American guard
at Dartmouth and later head coach
at the some place. took charge 01 the
coaching reins in 1921 that \Vest
Virginia really came into its own.
The advent of Coach Spears mark-
cd a‘new era. in “’est Virginia's his-
tory. .In his first year he sought to
do nothing except get his system
installed. Most of the material was
"green." and even the veterans had
to be. trained to play the game as
Spears’ wished.
Having built the elitists the Wily
Spears devoted the early weeks of
the 1922 season to the construction
of a powerful engine—the backfield.
The record hooks show how well he
succeeded. The new machine was s
little, slow in getting started but once
in motion it vindicated Dr. Spears
for the months he spent in building
it and was soon hailed as the strong-
cst outfit West Virginia. ever pro-
«lured.
Joe Sctron, named on “'alter
Camp‘s all-American second team
last. year as a guard; {uss Meredith.
one of the country‘s leading tackles
in l‘JL’Z; Homer Martin. a. veteran
fullback: and Bob Hawkins. a. cap-
able end. are the only members of
last year's team to be lost by grad-
uation. The loss of Meredith and
Soil-on weakened the line, but. the
new forwards showed amazing
lsircngth against I'lit several weeks
ago. and as time wears on the finesse
of a year ago may be attained.
“'t'st Virginia has been "pointing"
for the Penn State game since it
started training early in September.
Of course two old rivals—Pitt nnt’
West Virginia \Vcslcyan College—
had to be defeated but for weeks the
affair with the Nittnny Lions in the
new Yankee Stadium has been the
objective of the Spearmen and the
day of the battle will probably find
them tit and ready to furnish New
Yorkers with a new brand of foot-
ball.
PRIZEFOR
BEST PLAYER
The National League in 1924 un~
doubtedly will have a. “most valu—
able player" contest. the winner to
be awarded a. prize of $1,000.
This scheme has been in force
for two seasons in the -Amerlcen
League. except that no prize is
awarded to the star of Ban John.
son's league. The only reward is
to have the player's name inscribed
on a. monument in “'ashingtor.
John Heydler proposes to inscribe
the National League player's name
on a National League monument.
and to give 3119 player the 31.000 in
addition.
George Sisler .of the St. Louis
Browns. was voted the most valu~
able player in the American League
in 1922 and Babe Ruth ' wa's: ac-
corded ihe distinction in 1923.
is GONE
llEsE VIRGINIA
- o o a.
This is real rootbill junta-r. : g
0‘ two” ’
Little Centre tun trio“; cut lineup
er notch in the Hall of Famo‘today.
. U C. i ' L ‘
It is said. that. Covlnzton who has
succeeded "Bo" McMillan at quarter
for Centre is near as good at "130"
himself. He‘ is an understudy- of
McMillan and learned much about
the game from the Texan.-
tomorrow, when they stack 5 up
against the Tics-rs of-aF‘ll-fleid. 'A
large delegation of" rootcrs from
Fairlie-id will be on hand to witntss
thc conttst. ' ' ‘
O C O
Dsnbury High School was com-
pletely outclassed yesterdaY, by the
speedy~ eleven of Norwalk High
school. The batters never had a
chance to score on the local: outfit.
a o a '
I must say that Clements isone of
the best halfbacka that filth School
hashadlnsometime. Holster-y
steady on hisflfcct. runs clasp to the
ground and he is a hard man to fol-
low and tacitle. -
D O 0
Clements is an all around athletic
and is going to develop into one of
the best men that has ever been
turned out of Norwsik High“ 001
if he will only finish out» his course
there.
and a star of the basketball court.
Just keep your eye on this lad.
With Clement. Holmes-mt Skid}
0 O 0,, .
The Tigers will meet sets-one teens
He is’a fine baseball player
crsa'nd aiming-Mop a good
ordjor this season's eleven. .
I. ,5. O . .
Bulkiey at quarterback is also a
fine little Field- Génernl; He knows
how to“ edit his“ signals and has a.
tood head. and 'knows when to use
the right piayati the right time. and
the is what counts.
c
.. O O O
The High school clove-i seems to
improve with each game. If they
meet Siratford again. this. season.
they should. be able to obtain re-
venge for. the defeat handed them
last week.‘ -' ‘ - . _ ,
O O 0
Frank Chance will return to the
city where he became famous next
season. as the manager of the Chi-
cago White SoawHe will try and de-
velope the White Sox into a winning
team. -
‘ O ’ I 0
George Kit-h who played with the
Fair-field High school in the hack:
field last_seaso_n and who was res-
ponsible. for the fine showing made
by that team. .15. playing. ,suguard
position on the Datnnoutli Fred:—
man team this season.
' ' " O O‘- O _
Yale wit have it's hands full this
afternoon, with'the Brown tfiani.
Since these two colleges have been
meeting on the‘grlairon‘ Brown'has
defeated Yale four times. so the
fans may receive a surprise today
and see the Bruins coins out on top.
r‘
NEW roux.'oct.-2t.—‘-0nce more
Charley Harvey was doomed to dis-
appointment last night. as he saw his
latest'imported lighter from England
one Bermondsey Billy Wells‘s) down
to defeat before the onslaught of
Dave Shade of California and other
parts. at. Madison Squareégarden. in
their 15-mund Bout.“ ” .
Charley. who eafiy‘in life started
importing foreign.“ mostly 'Engliah.
fighters. has metuwlth nothing 'but
dissapointment. and last - nifit 'was
no exception. Shade won the light
from start to finish. Wells could‘not
do a thing witlnDave and seemed to
be on ' receiving end’ most of the
time. / -
Several times during the fight _it
seemed as if Wells was on the vet-E!
of being knocked .out. lathe 14th
round the little Englishman‘staged a
CALIFORNIAN ,llEEEAls: _¢
IMPORTED Encllsn
Dave Shade Route Britisher in .15 Round Go at
the Garden -- Charles Harvey Sufi'ers Just
One Disappointment After Another
l
rally and brought the crowd 'to its
teet. when he mastered. mawith
a right to the Jay and the Cantor-y
nian (neat-i yhit um canvay'but he
soon snapped out of it and came
right book'and _ pasted, Well- all
around :Lthe ring.
. W , is. last: round or the tight
‘ ‘f answerer a ham one
hit. “hits with about everything that.
he had, but mimxushman‘woula
not‘go ’down. . The bout was Shade'a
by polar-go marsinand he rgelved
a'big hand~ as Referee Gallagher
held up his gloved hand in token
of victory. '
Not a very large. crowd turned out
to witness the debut in New York
City of Harvey's famous fighter. but
those that were on hand. left well
satisfied with the evening's enter.-
tsinment. , .
.a.
WILLS T0 ACT. .
AS "-WIIITE’S AID
Will Be in Joe White’s
Corner at Stamford
_ Bouts ,Next Wednes-
day Evening
Promoter Joe Chimbole receiv-
ed word yesterday that. in all
probability Harry thls.‘well known
colored pugilist. will be a. second
to Joe White. or Mobile. Ala... who
meets Homer Smith in the main
bout of arm all—star card at' the
Armory“ neit Wednesday: night.
“(bite ‘is one of Wills' sparring
partners and in' all .likelihood the
alleged stovedore will be Yin his
corner when they don the gloves
to do battle." , , .
The signed contracts‘of all the
fighters‘who ar eto participate in
the proceeding have been received
by the promoter of the show and
a. real festival appears .to be near.
Provisions have been made to ac~
commodate 2.000 customers. Only
the first three rows at ;th&' ring;
side will be 88.25. .Joe Chlmbole an-
nounced yesterday. and the remain-
der of the seats will 'be' $3.50 and
$1.50. Advance signs indicate that
the largest crowd that“ ovoi- wit-
nessed a card ii'Stamfot-d will be
on hand whenJimmy Brown and
Dixie Kidutwo "cuiiud" boys step
in to battle in the open'er of. ten
rounds. The pride of Danbury, K.
0. Lenny. and George Werner. the
Jewish flash of New York City. will
entertain in the second bout of ten
rounds. <
humus Players After Loan
With the object of obtainint addi-
tionaliworlring capital and reducing
the cash equity in its property. the
Famous Players-Luky Corporation.
acording to uncemfirlned report's
circulated in the financial communi-
ty has opened negotiations for a
mortgage. of approximately 88,500.-
000 on the real estate holdings of
the-Hill street Fireproof Building
Company. of Los Angeles.
Complete ownership‘ of. this com-
pany was recentlyiacqulred by Fam-
.ous Players and'there is slreadv out;
standing a $1,400,000 montage ”on
the property."1'his mortgage will‘be
merged in the new mortgage ag-
gregating $3,500,000. which is orpeo.
t‘ed ~to prov e‘ Famous-Players-
Lasky with LAOMOO new working
capital: The property’ln question is
assessed at between 35,000,000 and
87.000.000.‘ " *
With a valve centre": by a'tri‘g-
ger a new'rdevice that‘can be fast-
ened to ‘hoso: for .wa.s’hi.ng -» vehicles
delivers either} a'.’ solidgs'tresm or ’a.
spray through a'brush.‘ - ' ‘
Return :to‘ W ,
’ 7 as» White 1 SOX Mana-
. Rea
’ .j Will
City
ger
7 CHICAGO. Och. _ 27.—Frank
Chance. manager of the Boston Am-
ericans'last'season and a former
pilot of the Chicago Cubs. tonight
was selected to succeed “Kid? Glea-
son. as 'manager of the Chicago
White-Sax. ' _, .
Chance. famous as the "Peerless
Leader" of the Chicago Cubs some
years ago .caJne to terms with Harry
Grabiner, business manager 0:. the
White Sox. during a long distance
telephone conference. Chance at his
Home in Los Angeles accepted the
contract which will run oneyear.
The contract. will be signed when the
club owners of the American Lea-
bue comgene here in December for
the annual meeting.
Chance made his name and for-
tune in baseball. when he won wour
pennants and two world champion-
ships in five seasons.
' Kid Gleason resigned as manager
of the “finite Sox after winning the
city series this year. because, he said
he was discouraged with his ut-
tempts to rebuild the team wrecked
as a. result of the world series scan-
dal of 191-9. Gleason was manager of
the \Vhite 80: six years and was
identified with the cubs as assistant
manager and coach under the lead~
ership of Clarence Rowland.
"1 ~think Chance will be a whale
of a. manager." Grabiner sail. ”He's
popular in Chicago and apparently
wac very anxious to return. It didn't
take us five minutes to come to
terms over the telephone."
CIIET BOWMAN
Will Take His Place in
Syracuse Line-up on
Nov. 3 —— Injuned in
Pittsburgh .Ga. 9!:-
SYRACUSE. N. Y.. Oct. 2l3.—Chet
Bowman star Syracuse University
halfback. who was carried out of
Saturday's game with Pittsburgh in
the Yankee Stadium. New York. is
only slightly injured and will be
able to play against Penn State hes-e
November}. an examination of the
”fleet players min-lea has‘fi’enaled.
The‘ announcement by Orange
trainers that the speedboy will be
able to play in the coming classic
has done much to buoy the hopes
ot Chick Moehan and his gridders.
every one of whom is new deter-
mined to continue Syracuse's record
of victories. Although this week's
Same with Springfield Y. Li. C. A.
College will find the Hill mentor
and‘his charges ready. the attention
of the Salt. City coaching staff is
being centered on next week's cru-
cial struggle with Hugo Bezdek and
his Nittany Lions.
The lack of sustained attack on
the part of Syracuse in the Pitt
game is going to be eliminated this
week if Chick has anything to sav
about it. His team must show more
power on the offensive if Penn State.
Colgate and Nebraska are to be de-
tented.
McBride. the fullback who kicked
the winning goal last week and Fri-
vaz. rugged center. probably will he
kept-out of the Springfield game in
order that they may rest up for the
State clash. Ruby. one of the new-
est Hill regular/s who showed up
well when he took McBride’s place
in the Pitt. tilt. will probably step
into McBride's shoes this week.
,With ‘ overconfidence. eradlctelz.
Meehan is sure that the Springfield
game to-da'y .will be little more than
a preliminary joust With the'Penn
stators. The Massachusetts eleven
lost to Lafayette_by a 21-0 score last
week. and " Lafayette has already
been defeated by Pitt. 7-0. On
paper the Orange should win by four
touchdowns anyway.
PARIS. Oct. 28.-—-An airplane cap-
able of travel at 140 miles an hour
While supporting sixty tons of mer-
chandise has received first trails at
Marseilles. ‘
~ The airplane is‘ constructed of the
metal duraiumln. weights ten tons it—
self and can carry twelve persons.
It is propelled by tour motors of
2607-horsepower each and tour pro-
pellet-s. Also it is equipped with an
automatic stabilizer which renders
its ‘control an easy matter. ‘
[BWPJE
~». WILLRETURN.
_—-
7 ‘ ee Foreign
t
, “America should agaip,.win
in the. Olympic games to be held
next summer.
furnish real opposition to ‘the
standpoint.”
Those are the views of Colonel
Robert M. Thompson. president: of
the American Olympic Commutec.
who has just returned from a visit
to Europe in company with 'iatjor-
General Henry '1'. Allen. Col. 1"; amp-
son made arrangements for the
transportation and accomodattcp of
the American Olympic team while
obroad’and also studied athletic
conditions in France and England.
"Interest in the coming 01: mph:
games in France. and especially in
Paris, near which the (“'c. tribes
Stadium is located is very high. The
main purpose of the intems‘hnai
games. as I see it. is the interacting
of boys and girls m- the care of the
human‘body by showing them 3 the
beauty and strength of the greatest
athletics of all nations. The influence
of the Olympiad is already visible
in .Parls. You can see hundreds of
young boys practicing running along
the boulevards daily.
"The Colombo: Stadium is built
to hold about 60.000. While the. Par-
isians are greatly enthused ore" the
prospects of having the intonation-
al championships neat-them. the lo-
cation of the Stadium might have
been improved upon. Colomb-es is
about ten miles from Paris. and the
poor roads will keep many French-
men away who might have come
out in their motor cars.
Col. Thompson has completed: the
arrangements for the transportation
and housing of the American team.
and he presented his reports in the
committee which met at the Hotel
Astor yesterday. He estimates the
cost of bringing the 325 members of
the team over to rance in the S. S.
America. which has been chartered
for the. trip. at 3186.000. Thé c’ Ft of
maintaining the United States ath-
letes well. but “not too ostentuthous~
ly." as he puts it. will amoum to
about 1.418.000 francs. The total cost
should be 3350.000.
Col. Thompson's story of how the
American team will be cared for
over there is very interesting. Here
it is as he tells it:
"General Allen and myself rode
about Paris for two weeks halting
for a spot suitable for a. homo for
our athletes. Colombes we tttned
down because the damp climate is
not conductive to good condittn. in
athletes in training. especiai:y in
July. We finally hit upon thetl Ro-
squenfort Estate. which belonm- to
Prince Murat. It is a wonder-hi) es—
tate. a beautiful chateau sun-eluded
by acres and acres of wooded' and
meadow land. -
“The Rocquenfort estate is ridh in
historical tradition. It was the wep-
erty of Gen. Murat during the
French Revolution. Murat married
the daughter of Marshall New. Na.-
poleon‘s famous officer. The estate
has been kept in the Murat family
until the present day. 4
“The chateau proper we still not
use as it is too small. We are it fving
erected rows of huts in a great "mea-
dow. There the Americans will elect)
In fair weather they will dine in the.
own under the shade trees for
which Rocouenfort is famed. 'fhere
are stablfis on the estate for int-sea
for the exclusive use of our mam.
"Rocquenfort. like Colombo» in a
suburb of Paris. It is Just as.~ far
from Paris to Rocquenfort as tit is
from Rocqucnfort to Colomlmsf’
The executive who has seen to the
comfort of the American Oly'r'mplc
team is beyond a doubt once! the
most remarkable figures in. Aziierl-
can athletic history. Col. Thonspson
is a. retired financier. seventy-five
years of age. yet spends every mo-
ment of his time working in the in-
terests of American amateur-spurts.
His enthusiasm and vigor would do
credit to a. man forty years his Jlonior
Co. Thompson's favorite story is
this one on himself. '
“It was right after the Spatial»
American war. at a reception hon-
or of Admiral Sampson. one‘gf the
But our team will have it
its hands than it did in th 3 last Olympiad.
tobe feared most are Enaland, Finland and Cze h -s -
England has always beenfD the greatest c “hm“
supremacy in Athletics, while Finland and CzechoSlotak.m
progressing with amazing mpidity in matters athl
1924 Olympic games will bathe greatest in his:
AMERICA-WILLHAVEHARD .-:
~ _ ’Filil'lN OLYMPIC A.
, Battle for figmgl—Eglgfi, TAT
~ land and Czechli-Slovakia Ar B .
longers—Much/ Interest e m at C“
a
the international athletic
at the Colombes Stadium. F
much harder 5:11:12:
The three com; ' .
menace to 5mm
_ etic and
American representatives.
lit
OI'y from era,
_\
heroes‘of the war. He was .
presented with a. sword. and in a.
excitement of the moment was
fluenced by the military tenor of:
occasion. every one began cal."
every one else ‘coloml,’ 3511.“:
‘captain.’ and so on. ”a“
theAtlltrhngugIh :ti‘eiiileadnihal oficeru
- e recent“
wearing an army officer's Uniform,
Some one spied me and called an
‘colonel.’ Soon everybody around
took up the\cry. My friends hard”:
thought it a. good joke. and ”m;
then on I was a. colonel. ailhOughI
had never seen service on 1.2::th
my life."
Col. Thompson is a. graduate oftb.
United States Naval AL‘ad-er
napolis. He attended that i: .uu'on
from 1864 to 1566. and then entered
the service. He says that had he
stuck to his business he would my
be a retired rear-admiral. but 5.
saw fit to resign after the Spanish.
American war.
He is known as the "father of
sports" at Annapolis. He introduced
fencing at: the academy. and the
mlddies are now most proficiert a:
that sport. Col. Thompson was;
star fencer in his day. He wasalso
famed as a ten—pin bowler back in
the '605.
Col. Thompson's views on ail:-
round athletics are (nlzghzemng. He
says:
"I am in favor of having our ail:-
letes trained in many dixerent
branches of sports rather than in
one particular branch. but such -
system is not effective in interns. c-
al competition. England is a good
example. The English have 21173.?!
believed that the true athlete is the
man who can do a. number of things
fairly well rather than one to pet-
tection; the Americans :us: the op
posite. That is why the Americans
have always beaten the English in
sports.
"At. present, however. the Eng-
listt are taking a page from our book
The tendency over there now is to
specialize. For this reason I say
tha: the English'will be more dill:-
gerous next year than they were in
1920.”
FAIRFIELD T0
lllE_lE_T_llGERS
Visitors Will Bring a
' Strong Outfit to
Amusement P a r k
Tomorrow t 0 Meet
Locals in the Second
Game of Season
The tigers in their second game of
the season will stack up against the
Tiger football team of ‘r‘airfitld. in.
moi-row afternoon at Amusement
park.
The Fair-field outfit has a stroll;
aggregation and the iocai Tigers Will
have to travel at a fast clip to score
a win. Abe Tarlov will be back In
the game this Sunday and maybe
some of the other old Tigers “1-1
be on hand.
The teams will line-up as {silent
Pall-field Tie"!
Malloy, Geida. . . . L. E. . . . .Rugéli
Smith. Disney. L. T. .Tariov. Prince
Hall, Reis. Sr.. . . L. G. . . . .Bartdfl
Whitley. Leahy. . . Center . . .Powell
Abramson, Burlison R.G. Muiqucfl
Mitchell. McGowan.. . Fl. '1‘. . .Alli‘ie:
Today. Lezinshsy. . R. E. . .L. Tanol‘
Young's Schnick. . . Q. B. ...Gai110f
Réls. Jr.. Peterson . . L H. . .Room‘l’
Norris. NVatson. . . R. H. . . .Plunkell
Rodney, F. LezinskyF.B. T. Morlarltl’
(Imp Conditions
'F‘ORT WORTH. Tex. Oct. :25.—
The area of prosperity being my“
in the Southwest in due directly ‘0
the. good condition of crops an: mt;
kets. according to Edwin Gould. _
New York. chairman of the bard cl
directors of the St. Louis 5383'
western Railway road. Gould -. tour
in: Texas in the interest of 11"
carrier.
““9““: the splendid crop
flon.‘t.ho high price of cotton. stim-
ulated lumber trade and “mold
business-activity. prosperity sbo
eradi‘
1 continue indefinitely." Gould
”This especially is true of the $035”
era Texas area.“ hfii'
,Many improvements in the 1) gen
“1 rtlea of the Cotton . all
system. subsidiary of the St. v?
Southwestern Line. were pm?! m
by'Goilld. including conversio'!
coal-burninglocomotivel 1“" a“
oil-burning m
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Mexico National Ball“); ml
. moo crumbs cream" b"
or the National Rallwayi of 3?
elects} m as follows: AW“
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